best lube for polymer frame guns?

[oilcangary]

What's the best lube to use on a polymer frame pistol? I mean on the rails. I started to use Liquid Wrench Dry Lube because it wouldn't attract dirt but it just didn't seem to have enough lubrication to me. Now I use a little silicone grease but I'm afraid it will attract dirt and become abrasive.

 

[Sal1950]

Poly or not, whatever lube you use, oil or grease, synth or not, it's going to attract dirt/grit when carried.
The best real solution is just a regular cleaning schedule, read what the military recommends for it's field guns.
Sal

 

[Sloman]

Sentry Solutions Tuf-Glide

 

[berettapistols]

TW-25B Mil-Comm
http://www.mil-comm.com/
Works great on Glocks & stays put..
Very slippery & what SIG Sauer suggests for their line of handguns
Smells Good too!! Not like Gear Oil..

 

[btrumanj]

Been using Shooters Choice All Weather High Tech grease on the rails of all my autos for years. It's good stuff but don't over do it. Like the old hair cream ad, " A little dab will do you.

 

[EdgeSR9]

Eezox is a great start.

 

[bub]

I've always used BreakFree on my Glocks and all my other guns. Works well for me and I've never noticed the lube drying out, as others have posted about BreakFree, unless it's a gun that stays in the safe for a year or better. Then, I just reapply and carry on. I really don't think it much matters WHAT lube you use, as long as you use some.

Bub

 

[oilcangary]

What I really wanted to know is, is there a dry lube that works as good as grease or oil?

 

[gatorhugger]

the answer is YES. For a gun just about any "dry" lube will work for a gun. Someone already mentioned eezox, it's good dry or wet.
Or rem dri, or any of the 1000 other dry lubes.
You could use nothing on these polymer frames truth be known.

 

[Yawn]

I started using ALL Temp Tactical Lube. Can buy it on their website at www.alltemptacticallube.com It was originally designed for all metal guns but it seems to be working great on my SR9, and they say that it has been field tested for polymer as well. Really cleaned up the feel of the stock trigger and the slide is so smooth now. I think I met the owners of the company at a local gun show, they were really nice people.

 

[P90]

Eezox is a great start.

I have a Ruger KP90DC that I have Carried for 5 years and practice with regularly, that has never had anything used on it but Eezox. You can look a the rails and they don't show any excessive wear. Its all I use on all my guns and knives.

 

[FergusonTO35]

I use Shooter's Choice liquid on my centerfire autoloaders. Its pretty viscous and doesn't come flying out when you shoot. I think its too thick for rimfires and pocket guns, I stick with trusty Rem Oil for those.

 

[Sal1950]

Brian Enos' Slide Glide on frame rails and other high pressure points like sear/hammer contact, Breakfree CLP everywhere else.
Sal

 

[Simms65]

Mil-Comm and Gunzilla on everything. Hasn't failed me yet!

 

[boomer1]

I have been using Weapon Shield CLP for a couple of months now, with good results.

Get a hold of George at Weapon Shield for a sample of the product.

boomer 8)

 

[Flash]

What I really wanted to know is, is there a dry lube that works as good as grease or oil?

Powdered graphite works wonders and so do many products of a similar nature. I use a release agent that dries to a dusty film and attracts nothing.......but me.

 

[19&41]

I've used this on steel, stainless, polymers and even rubber gaskets, lobster shears and motorcycle chains for nearly 30 years. It is good stuff.

http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3506761&CAWELAID=323881544

 

[Anonymous]

I've been reading all about the EEZOX - for over an hour- Synthetic Eezox Premium Gun Care- if it's anywhere near as good as the research says, and the company data, and the testimonials, it's all you ever need. I ordered some just now.

 

[smedlap]

I just started to use lucas gun oil so far it seems to work very well

 

[oilcangary]

All I used for many years was 3-IN-1 oil, but that was when I only had a couple of hunting guns. Now I have small collection of guns, and an assortment of cleaners and lubes. I still use 3-IN-1 sometimes but what I have been using lately on the slides of my polymer pistols is a silicone grease that I get from work. I have been using this for a while on the rails of my semi-auto rifles and it seems to work really good. It only takes a little, it stays where you put it and is heat resistant.
I'm not sure where to buy it I actually get it out of the trash at work. It comes in little 1/4 oz packs, it's used on the back of brake pads. I told some of the other techs what I was doing and I don't see it as much now.
I would like to switch to a dry lube but I just don't trust them to protect my guns from friction and wear.

 

[GeorgeP]

What ever you use, use it sparingly and clean often.

 

[ODCaloney]

I use Super Lube, it come in a grease tube with PTFE in it and a little oiler for a light oil. Temps from -43 to +450.
I got mine from work, they use it on all kinds of medical equipment. I use it on everything.

 

[rooster.5]

TW-25B Mil-Comm
http://www.mil-comm.com/
Works great on Glocks & stays put..
Very slippery & what SIG Sauer suggests for their line of handguns
Smells Good too!! Not like Gear Oil..

Thanks for the heads up on the mil-comm lubes. Great stuff. Merry Christmas[/quote]

 

[dacaur]

I clean my p95 with CLP, but other than that I dont lube the slide. If its a polymer slide without metal inserts you dont need to lube it other than whats left over when you clean/oil the gun. If it has metal inserts, then you may want to pay a little more attention to it. The biggest thing is to keep the slide surfaces clean. its better to have no lube than gob it on and get a bunch of grit in there and start shooting

 

[oilcangary]

its better to have no lube than gob it on and get a bunch of grit in there and start shooting

That's what I'm worried about. I have read that you don't need to lube a polymer frame and I have read you should use a grease because oil is not heavy enough and everything in between. For now I think I will use a very light film of silicone grease and clean it often.
dacaur , how long and how many rounds have you fired using your method.

 

[GDSimms]

Shooters Choice FP-10 has been working good for me....Doesn't seem to attract mush dirt!

 

[dacaur]

its better to have no lube than gob it on and get a bunch of grit in there and start shooting

That's what I'm worried about. I have read that you don't need to lube a polymer frame and I have read you should use a grease because oil is not heavy enough and everything in between. For now I think I will use a very light film of silicone grease and clean it often.
dacaur , how long and how many rounds have you fired using your method.

My P95 has about 700 rounds through it the olymer frame looks brand new, no wear at all. But I am also into RC cars, and in every one of them they have a steel or aluminum pinion gear on the motor, and a nylon or some other type of polymer spur gear which connects to it. They use the steel or aluminum and nylon combo because it outlasts a steel on steel or aluminum many times over, even though they dont recive any lube at all.